Jimmy Allan (footballer born 1897)

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Personal information
Jimmy Allan
Full name	Jimmy Allan
Date of birth	1897
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Date of death	1982 (aged 84–85)
Place of death	Dundee, Scotland
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
	Cowdenbeath Falkirk
Teams managed
1939–40	Dundee United
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jimmy Allan (born 1897 in Dundee, died 1982) was a Scottish footballer and manager.

1 Career
2 Honours
- 2.1 Manager
  - 2.1.1 Dundee United
3 References

[edit] Career

Allan had a brief playing career with Cowdenbeath and Falkirk before becoming Dundee United F.C. manager in 1939. In his nine months with the club, he led them to their first final, reaching the Emergency War Cup final only to lose to Rangers. Allan resigned in July 1940 after the club closed for the 1940-41 season.^[1]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Manager

[edit] Dundee United

Emergency War Cup Runner-up: 1

1939-40

[edit] References

^ Dundee United A - Z ( A ). Dundee United FC website.

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Reilly (1909–15) • Dainty (1915–17) • Reilly (1917–22) • O'Rourke (1922–23) • Brownlie (1923–31) • Reid (1931–34) • Brownlie (1934–36) • Greig (1936–38) • Brownlie/Irving (1938–39) • McKay (1939) • Allan (1939–40) • Cram (1941–44) • Littlejohn (1944) • McGillivray (1944–45) • MacFadyen (1945–54) • R Smith (1954–57) • Gallacher (1957) • Gray (1957–58) • A McCall (1958–59) • Kerr (1959–71) • J McLean (1971–93) • Golac (1993–95) • Kirkwood (1995–96) • T McLean (1996–98) • Sturrock (1998–2000) • A Smith (2000–02) • Hegarty (2002–03) • I McCall (2003–05) • Chisholm (2005–06) • Brewster (2006) • Levein (2006–)